Reliability and construct validity of the Malay version of the job content questionnaire (JCQ)

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 412-416

  Edimansyah, B A ^a   Rusli, Bin Nordin ^a,b   Naing, L ^a   Mazalisah, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

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EID: 33746089107     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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